Table 3.

Pain relieve methods used by pain suffers and the self-perceived effectiveness of the treatments

	N (%)	Pain score (Mean ± SD)	Self-perceived effectiveness (Mean ± SD)	r
Pain relieve methods				−0.339
Do not take any treatments	46 (20.26)	3.28 ± 2.64	–
Non-pharmacological treatments	128 (56.39)	2.59 ± 0.72	–
Lying down	82 (60.29)	–	3.76 ± 2.68
Hot Compress	61 (44.85)	–	3.15 ± 2.79
Massage	80 (58.82)	–	2.93 ± 2.64
Deep Breath	49 (36.03)	–	2.92 ± 2.83
Sports	55 (40.44)	–	2.85 ± 2.52
Cupping	55 (40.44)	–	2.78 ± 2.65
Plaster	46 (33.82)	–	2.70 ± 2.61
Scrapping	46 (33.82)	–	2.70 ± 2.53
Acupuncture	42 (30.88)	–	2.55 ± 2.50
Reading	42 (30.88)	–	2.53 ± 2.63
Cold Compress	43 (31.62)	–	2.52 ± 2.55
Talking	40 (29.41)	–	2.52 ± 2.66
Music	44 (32.35)	–	2.51 ± 2.47
Aromatherapy	37 (27.21)	–	2.38 ± 2.46
Pharmacological treatment	53 (23.35)	2.19 ± 1.87	–

N = 227, Total No. of Non-Pharmacological treatments use = 136

SD Standard deviation

r is calculated using Pearson correlation

Guideline:

Small r = 0.10 to 0.29

Medium r = 0.30 to 0.49

Large r = 0.50 to 1.0